Benjamin Jones (April 13, 1787 – April 24, 1861) was a

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from

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for two terms from 1833 to 1837.

Biography

Born in

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, Jones moved with his parents to

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. He received a limited schooling. He learned the trade of

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. He moved to

Wooster, Ohio Wooster ( ) is a city in Wayne County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Located in northeastern Ohio, the city lies approximately south-southwest of Cleveland, southwest of Akron and west of Canton. The population was 27,232 at the ...

, in 1812 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a Justice of the Peace in 1815, and commissioner for Wayne County in 1818. He served in the

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in 1821–1822, and in the

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from 1829 to 1832. Ohio

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in 1828 for

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. Taylor 1899 : 145

Congress

Jones was elected as a

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to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837). He served as chairman of the

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in the Twenty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination.

Later career and death

He resumed business interests in Wooster, and died there April 24, 1861. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.

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